After doing so many Battletech commissions I wanted to do one of my own again, for a little more freedom in mech choice and design. Turns out my last personal BT piece was also a marauder, both done for the same reason, though the old one looks silly compared to this

A lot of fans miss the old unseen designs, so for this piece I wanted to create something that was a little more faithful to the old, while also trying to avoid a look that would cause legal issues, and going on a bit of related fluff from the Mad Cat.

always loved the marauder and this is by far the best version I have seen that isnt the original macross based design honestly if the two went at it i would put my money on this one it looks better armored

That is pretty awesome, I've been trying to draw a Summoner, (my favorite mech) in a MW style, but it keeps coming out awful looking (I have always had difficulty drawing mechs, though people are no problem)

I expanded this into 1 16:9 format for the background on my laptop, you have full credit in the description, as well as your signature is untouched in the original imageI composited it with imagery from nasa of the moon, and redid the shadows to match, as well as adding the ppc glow lighting. I wish I could generate art as detailed as you.posted here: [link]

If I had my choice I would love to see your take on the LCT-1S Locust, it has always been my favorite mech and I hated their project phoenix redesign.

I am blown away by this and your other pictures of this venerable design

The "Mad 3D" is one of my favorite Mech's - in fact it was probably the first Mech I ever saw back in 1990 when I got my hands on a copy of the original 3025 Tech readout - The Marauder being the on the front cover.

I love its clunky odd shape and its 'alien' layout and despite the additional readouts and plethora of designs it (and the Banshee 3S) remained my Mech of choice.

However after looking through your pictures (the Grey Death, Highlander and Free World League variants) the original "Officers Pod" design just looks rubbish by comparison.

This particular picture encapsulates everything the Marauder is in my mind and I love the dynamic pose as it advances guns blazing

Now when I imagine the Marauder - this is what I see.

Another unseen I would like to see given the Shimmering Sword re-design is the Crusader - but I understand that you are now quite busy so this is unlikely to happen.

Now obviously no one has created a "3 D Print" of this model and as such haven't been swapping them for certain cash sums or contributions so I am not going to ask.........

....unless of course someone has in which case please please please PM me with the details.

You know I just realized a 'mech fight in a vacuum would create all sorts of problems, mostly to do with heat radiation (rather then convection, which normal atmospheric 'radiators' use. I'd imagine it'd be like playing caustic valley in MWO times umptillion.

Actually, the heat-sinks are actually more related to an air conditioning unit's heat pump than than an actually heat sink. They actively force heat into the environment, making them more effective than more traditional radiators. It's also the reason that they can work even in environments where it would normally be extremely difficult to get rid of excess heat, like MWO's Caustic.

Well, in a vacuum the heat pumps would do their job, however, the 'environment' in vacuum doesn't act as an effective heatsink. It has no thermal capacity nor medium into which to effectively transfer the heat via contact or convection. You'd only be able to get rid of it as blackbody radiation (the 'glow' of hot things.) To do that you need a lot of surface area facing the distance, hence the radiator fins on the ISS.

True, but this isn't a universe that operates entirely in the realm of reality (the big stompy robots, for example). We can combine that with the fact that it takes place a thousand years from now and we can handwave that heatsinks really are just that good at radiating heat.

Some concessions have to be made for the fiction to work. 'Mechs are designed operate in vacuum, so they do. How? .....eh.....uh......BECAUSE REASONS!!

In my mind they would switch to a thermoelectric effect heat pump in space to force the heat into the "hot side" the heatsinks would then radiate it away as infared radiation. glowing red in the process, and heating up to white hot during combat.

Playing too, same Nick even. Have already 3 Commandos to unlock the Elite mechtree^^. Nice Game, really. But itīs still in BETA as off this writing. More mechs are planned, hope for the Dervish and PhoenixHawk coming someday. Griffin would be nice too. And Thunderbolt! And...........